Two Taiwanese nationals
accused of trying to smuggle drugs through a New Jersey port
were charged today with plotting to export sensitive U.S.
military technology to benefit the Chinese government.

Hui Sheng Shen, 45, and Huan Ling Chang, 41, who were
arrested in February and are being held without bail, appeared
before a judge today in Newark, New Jersey. They are accused of
conspiring to buy unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, as well
as E-2C Hawkeye surveillance airplanes and stealth technology
related to F-22 fighter planes.

Shen and Chang “purportedly acted on behalf of agents of
the People’s Republic of China and sought to acquire assets and
information which, in their words, ‘would hurt America,’”
according to an amended criminal complaint. Agents posing as
crooked importers recorded the pair, U.S. authorities said.